From Verbier to Val d’Isère, haute ski wear isn’t the only thing keeping skiers warm. The steaming mugs passed around in après-ski clubs — once filled with the spiced wine known as vin chaud — have themselves become more fashionable, as the cold and the beautiful instead order a Xanté Hot Apple, a potent warmer that mixes fresh apple juice with Xanté, a Swedish pear-cognac liqueur.

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